Day: May 2, 2020

A communist rebel was killed while an undetermined number
of his comrades were injured in a clash with government troops following a
botched plan to steal the cash aid meant for beneficiaries of the social
amelioration program (SAP) in Tulunan, North Cotabato on Friday.

The restricted movement of people and heightened law
enforcement operations resulted in a 61-percent decline in the country’s crime
rate during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) amid
the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak.

Four more health workers of the Bataan General Hospital
and Medical Center (BGHMC) here have tested positive for the coronavirus
disease 2019 (Covid-2019), bringing the total number of infected in the
province to 88, as of Friday night.

Members of the Philippine team from the Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR) are happy that the Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC) will be giving them their monthly allowance even if the sports body has
introduced belt-tightening measures due to the coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) pandemic.

A total of 476 non-commissioned police officers in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are now equipped with
basic knowledge and skills in police science, administration, and combat
operation, after graduating from the Public Safety Basic Recruit Course (PSBRC)
on Friday.

Several celebrities have partnered with the Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the call to promote discipline and
uphold the #DisiplinaMuna mentality as the nation gears toward the ‘new normal’
to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette
Romulo-Puyat has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the regional tourism
cooperation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the road
to recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

The medical technologists who will run the proposed
coronavirus testing laboratory here will undergo Molecular Analyst Proficiency
training next week, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday
afternoon.

A member of an indigenous people (IP) in San Enrique,
Iloilo returned the PHP6,000 social amelioration program (SAP) grant on Friday
as she said their household is already a beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps).

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is on full alert
after President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed the possibility of holding a new
round of peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s
Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).

Senator Christopher Lawrence Go has sought the immediate
release of the lump sum of the six-month social pension of qualified indigent
senior citizens to help them cope with the crisis brought about by the
coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak in the country.

Five repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in
Iloilo tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the
Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) 6 (Western
Visayas) said on Saturday.

In a virtual presser, Dr. May Ann Soliva-Sta. Lucia,
DOH-CHD health promotion head, said the …

The series of clashes this week between the troopers of
the Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion and the communist New People’s Army (NPA)
resulted in the killing of two rebels and the seizure of firearms and
ammunition.

The series of clashes this week between the troopers of
the Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion and the communist New People’s Army (NPA)
resulted in the killing of two rebels and the seizure of firearms and ammunition.